The Curriculum in Renal and Cardiovascular Diseases and Arterial Hypertension provides the knowledge and the skills necessary to conduct research projects in cardiovascular and renal medicine, with emphasis on the role of hypertension, diabetes, metabolic risk factors, and inflammation as key players for the development of kidney and vascular damage. 
Inflammatory patterns are explored in cohorts of internal medicine patients, such as sepsis and venous and arterial thrombosis. At the pre-clinical level, the main areas of activity include in vitro study of immune cell function and animal models of acute and chronic cardiovascular disease.
Among renal diseases and hypertension, special attention is given to the mechanisms for the development and progression of chronic kidney disease and the strategies for its containment in patients with diabetes, hypertension, hyperuricemia, metabolic syndrome, obesity, and in kidney transplant recipients. Other topics covered by the curriculum include kidney and cardiovascular toxicity induced by plastic pollution and innate immunity.

Coordinators: Francesca Viazzi, Fabrizio Montecucco